April 24, 2005
Men's and Women's Tennis All-WCC Release in PDF Format
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The Pepperdine University men's and women's teams continued their dominance of the WCC Championships, sweeping both the men's and women's titles. The Wave women downed No. 2 seeded San Diego, 4-0, while the Wave men edged the second seeded Toreros, 4-2.
San Diego junior Emma Murphy was named the WCC women's tennis Player of the Year for the second consecutive season, while Pepperdine University junior Scott Doerner became the eighth consecutive Waves' men's tennis player to earn WCC Player of the Year honors. Murphy is just the second WCC women's tennis player to earn back-to-back Player of the Year honors and the first since former USD standout Zuzana Lesenarova captured three straight awards from1998-2000.
The Pepperdine men swept the yearly conference honors as Jonas Berg was selected as the league's Freshman of the Year, and the Waves' Head Coach Adam Steinberg was named Coach of the Year. Berg is just the second Pepperdine player to earn WCC Freshman of the Year honors, joining junior Pedro Rico who took home the honor in 2003. Steinberg is the first Pepperdine coach to earn the league's top coaching honor since 2002.
On the women's side, Pepperdine's Bianca Dulgheru became the sixth Waves' women's tennis player to be named Freshman of the Year, while Saint Mary's Head Coach Lisa Alipaz became the first SMC women's tennis coach to be named Coach of the Year.
The Loyola Marymount women's team took home third place with a 4-2 win over No. 5 Saint Mary's, No. 4 Santa Clara defeated No. 6 San Francisco, 4-1, to finish fourth, while No. 7 Portland defeated No. 8 Gonzaga, 4-1, for seventh place.
In the men's tournament, No. 4 Santa Clara edged No. 3 Portland, 4-2, to capture third place, No. 5 Loyola Marymount defeated No. 6 Saint Mary's, 4-1, to take home fifth place, and No. 7 USF downed No. 8 Gonzaga, 4-0, for seventh place.
WCC WOMEN'S AWARDS
Player of the Year: Emma Murphy, San Diego
Freshman of the Year: Bianca Dulgheru, Pepperdine
Coach of the Year: Lisa Alipaz, Saint Mary's
2005 Women's Singles All-Conference Team
Carla Arguelles, Loyola Marymount University
Bianca Dulgheru, Pepperdine University
Caroline Raba, Pepperdine University
Aude Lambert, Saint Mary's College
Lauren Kazarian, University of San Diego
Emma Murphy, University of San Diego
Honorable Mention - Singles
Angela Fry, GON; Serena Fermin, LMU; Kimi Kaloi, LMU; Eva Dickes, PEP; Sylvia Kosakowski, PEP; Kelly Leathers, SCU; Camille Pamart, USF
2005 Women's Doubles All-Conference Team
Sylvia Kosakowski and Caroline Raba, Pepperdine University
Jessica Hoath and Aude Lambert, Saint Mary's College
Emma Murphy and Lauren Perl, University of San Diego
Honorable Mention - Doubles
Kimi Kaloi/Tamara Tanner, LMU; Eva Dickes/Bianca Dulgheru, PEP; Jenny Brown/Lauren Kazarian, USD
WCC MEN'S AWARDS
Player of the Year: Scott Doerner, Pepperdine
Freshman of the Year: Jonas Berg, Pepperdine
Coach of the Year: Adam Steinberg, Pepperdine
2005 Men's Singles All-Conference Team
Jonas Berg, Pepperdine University
Nic Beuque, University of San Diego
Roman Borvanov, University of Portland
Scott Doerner, Pepperdine University
Pablo Pires de Almeida, University of San Francisco
Pedro Rico, Pepperdine University
Julien Tizot, Saint Mary's College
Pierrick Ysern, University of San Diego
Honorable Mention - Singles:
Matthew Loucks, POR; Philip Riise-Hanssen, USF; Nico Terrien, LMU; Mike Wojnarowicz, LMU
2005 Men's Doubles All-Conference Team
Scott Doerner/Pedro Rico, Pepperdine University
Jonas Berg/Ivor Lovrak, Pepperdine University
Matthew Loucks/James Redpath, University of Portland
Honorable Mention - Doubles:
Kevin Borzenski/Richard Johnson, PEP; Pablo Pires de Almeida/Philip Riise-Hanssen, USF; Nic Beuque/Mirza Koristovic, USD